Overview

• Albian Ajeti opened the scoring inside three minutes after a Stuttgart turnover and a loose backpass allowed him to finish under Alexander Nübel.
• Ermedin Demirović saw his 33rd-minute penalty saved by Marwin Hitz following an extended VAR check that left the taker waiting on the spot.
• Stuttgart dominated after the break and registered 29 attempts, yet Hitz delivered multiple crucial saves to keep Basel in front.
• Xherdan Shaqiri added an 84th-minute goal with a looping effort to clinch the result at St. Jakob-Park and halt Stuttgart’s four-match winning run.
• Demirović later told RTL the delay broke his concentration, while analysis pointed to absences and recent squad turnover as limiting VfB’s attacking cohesion.